Fanfarlo BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale session :: News
July 29, 2010
Fanfarlo’s Maida Vale session for Radio 1’s very own Rob Da Bank will be going out this Saturday morning, and will be available to listen-back for 7 days! Check out our 3 session tracks and the video of us in the studio…
All the info you’ll need on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t5gnj
'Fire Escape' out now :: News
July 13, 2010
‘Fire Escape’ is out now, featuring a selection of excellent remixes by Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio, Toro y Moi and Tom Furse of The Horrors
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The first 50 customers will receive a signed copy
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Exclusive remixes by Time & Space Machine and Jamie Thraves video
Broken vans and broken drivers. FAIL! :: diary
August 19, 2010
Sadly we had to pull out of two gigs in the last week. One of which was the awesome Summer Sundae in Leicester. We had to pull out of last years event too due to the dreaded swine flu Cathy picked up. This year it was because our usual driver was rushed to hospital minutes before picking us up to take us there. We did eventually get in the van 3 hours late with a maniac behind the wheel. He managed to nearly kill us several times and get himself into more than one shouting match with other white van drivers before getting us stuck in gridlock traffic 5 miles outside of London and subsequently missing our already pushed back stage time. FAIL!
We have not had very much luck with Vans, as you regulars may be aware. This recent stint in Europe just wouldn’t have been the same without a frantic day running around a foreign city trying to get our van fixed or replaced just so we could make the next gig. We’ll predictably fate didn’t let us down and this is exactly what we ended up f**king doing. AGAIN! Seriously. I can’t talk about it because it’s all too recent. FAIL!
So all you awesome people who gave a shit and wanted to see us at Summer Sundae or Munster, the five of us are so sorry and Amos has agreed to verbally beg forgiveness on 07978…….
Ha ha
One shit heap van to another in the Czech republic
Justin
Vacation time. :: diary
May 31, 2010
As i write we are back on the road in Europe. And thorougly refreshed we feel too after a 4 week break in which we all but one decided to leave the country. For my vacation I decided to split it up between San Fransisco and Chicago. Something i have always wanted to do since i started spending so much time in the U.S., walking their wide flat streets and vast expanses of open space and breathtaking scenery was take my bike there and just ride around a whole bunch. Well this was the only opportunity i was gonna get for some time so i packed my Dave Yates Track Bike up in a box and flew to Oakland just outside San Fransisco.
Bike in a box.
Bike getting stoned in Dolores Park
I spent the next 11 days rididng around what i now think is the most beautiful city i have ever been to. Not only have you got the awesome ‘hip and happening’ Valencia where all the cool kids hang out and get stoned in Dolores park but you got some of the raddest parks and forests within spitting distance in which i rode my little heart out. They also have an island with an old prison on it, a massive red bridge and plenty of sun and palm trees.
The bike and i on a romantic trip to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Bike on a boat checking out George Lucas’ inspiration for the AT-AT’s(fact).
Chicago, after spending so much time in SF was kinda like coming back home, in the sense that there is a lot of urban decay, a whole lot of noisy traffic, it rains a lot and there is a Starbucks and Vintage cloths store around every corner. I kinda liked it.
Romance definately brought me to Chicago, but it’ll be Baseball that takes me back(hopes she doesn’t read this). After attending a Chicago Cubs game at the awesome Wrigley Field and two Chicago White Sox games at The Cell i can safetly say that i have a new obsession and The Chicago Cubs have a new fan. I now have a Major League Baseball.COM subscription so i can watch the live games online and four bandmates who are getting sick to death of hearing about baseball. I also have a new tattoo of the Stars and Stripes I aquired in Chicago which i may or may not regret in the future.
Bursting with excitement before my first baseball game.
Taking patriotism about someone else’s country too far. Cool.
Justin
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